The majority of the time, median palatine cysts are asymptomatic and are discovered by coincidence while a patient is being evaluated for a different ailment.
[1] Its genesis is commonly ascribed to the enclavement of epithelial remnants between the two lateral maxillary processes that fuse to form the hard palate, within the palatine suture.
[3] The most common clinical manifestation is painless, fluctuating swelling in the midline across the lingual surface of the palate.
[6] Entrapment occurs in the epithelium remnants that surround the two lateral maxillary processes which fuse to form the hard palate.
[3] Men were affected more frequently than women (4:1), and the age at diagnosis in the cases that have been reported thus far ranged from 20 to 50 years.